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Tool invented to assess water risk in corporate bonds
08 September 2015A tool launched today will make it easier for investors to incorporate water risk into their corporate bond credit risk analysis.
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Recurrent Energy secures finance from Santander and US Bancorp for California project
08 September 2015Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has agreed a debt facility with Santander Bank and a tax equity investment with US Bancorp Community Development Corp, for a 100MW solar power project in California.
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South Pole and Oekom link up to boost ESG services for investors
08 September 2015Carbon advisory firm South Pole Group is partnering with sustainability ratings firm Oekom Research to enable both firms to expand the range of environmental social and governance (ESG) services they offer.
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Investors who don't consider ESG are failing in their fiduciary duty, says report
07 September 2015Investors that do not consider environmental issues in their long-term investment approach are failing in their fiduciary duty, according to a report published by the UN today.
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Investors worth $1.5trn launch infrastructure sustainability benchmark
07 September 2015Investors representing $1.5 trillion of assets have teamed up with the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) to launch a similar framework for infrastructure assets.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 7 September 2015
07 September 2015The EU carbon market seems immune to the turmoil in other markets at present, says Louis Redshaw. But a break below €8 could signal further weakness.
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$1trn of GDP at risk from windstorms and floods by 2025, says Lloyd's
07 September 2015Severe windstorms could knock $587 billion off global GDP over the next ten years, as a result of damage to major cities, according to Lloyd's, the specialist insurance market.
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NextEnergy Solar Fund to raise more equity capital this month
07 September 2015NextEnergy Solar Fund is to tap the equity market again in the next three weeks under its year-long placing programme, with up to 95.25 million shares potentially available for sale.
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Gaelectric secures debt financing for Irish onshore wind fleet
07 September 2015Irish renewable energy operator Gaelectric has secured a fourth financing package from a Swedish investment firm.
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California passes bill to force state pension funds to divest from coal
04 September 2015California's two state pension funds, the largest in the US, look increasingly likely to be forced to divest from coal after a bill requiring them to do so was passed by the State Assembly.